MADRID (Spain)- Algerian tennis player Ines Ibbou will directly join the final board of the professional tournament Movistar II, scheduled from 12 to 18 February 2018 on the clay courts of the Rafael Nadal Academy (Majorca/Spain), according to the pre-admission list unveiled Saturday by organizers.

ALGIERS- The Algerian track cycling team, made up of 11 athletes, will participate in this sport’s African championship, scheduled from 7 to 10 February in Casablanca (Morocco) said the Algerian Cycling Federation (FAC).

ALGIERS- About 140 players from 25 countries, including 8 Algerians, will partake in the Algiers event of the Women’s Foil World Championships (senior) scheduled from Friday to Sunday, at the Harsha-Hacene sports hall said Wednesday, the Algerian Fencing Federation (FAE).

ALGIERS – The Japanese government will award the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays to Mohamed Lazhari-Yamani, the first athlete to have represented Algeria in the Olympic Games hosted by Tokyo in 1964, said Wednesday Japan’s embassy to Algiers.

YAOUNDE- Fifteen teams of 15 countries including Algeria will partake in the first edition of the African Cycling Cup of Nations (U23) called “Tour de l'Espoir UCI,” scheduled in Cameroon from 31 January to 4 February said the local press on Tuesday.

ALGIERS- The Heads of the mission of the delegations participating in the 3rd African Youth Games of Algiers, scheduled between 19 and 28 July expressed Sunday their "satisfaction" with the state of numerous sports facilities in Algiers which are set to host the games.

DJERBA (Tunisia)- Algerian tennis player Nazim Makhlouf will play Italian Davide Pozzi on Monday, in the third and last round of a qualifier for a USD15000-prize tournament, taking place in Djerba, Tunisia, from January 27 to February 4.

ALGIERS-The Algerian government has granted US$70 million to the organizing Committee of the African Youth Games 2018 scheduled for 19-28 July in Algeria, announced Sunday the Minister of Youth and Sports El-Hadi Ould Ali.